Improvement in handle attachments for brushes



11. ANDERSON. HANDLE-ATTACHMENTS FOR BRUSHES. `NQ.173,879l

Patented Feb. 22, .187

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UNITED STATES i PE1-ENT HENRY ANDERSON, OEVALLEJO, CALIFORNIA, AssieNoR oEoNE-EALE i His RIGHT To JOHN N EATE, or .sAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLE ATTACHMENTS FR B RUSHlES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,879, dated. February 2 2, 1876; application filed November 5, 1875.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY "ANDERSON, of the city ot' Vallejo, Solano county, State of California, have invented anAdjustable and Pivoting Attachment to Whitewash, Paint, and other Similar Brushes, of which the following is a specification My invention relates to.an attachment to whitewash, paint, or other brushes, consisting,

essentially, of a jaw-piece for retaining a 'brush and a'socket for securing a handle, so

arranged and connected with one another that the jaw-piece, with brush, may pivot onto the socket with attached handle and be set at various positions in the same plane with it, and

the brush may be also adjusted to various po- Wash or paint brush and handle. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal elevation of the socketpiece forming part of the attachment embody- Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal elevation ot' the jaw-piece forming part of the attachment embodying my invention. Fig. 4 is a plan, with part in section, of the attachment shown in Fig. l. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 represent perspective views of whitewash or paint brushes iitted with this attachment and arranged so that the brush may be set at various positions to its handle.

With-reference to the drawing, A A represent this attachment to whitewash, paint,aud,

other similar brushes, and consistsot' two. principal parts, the socket-pieces N, for adjust- `ment to the brush-handle H, and the cogged jaw-piece with spindle J K, forsecuring the brush D P. These parts are-united to one another bya riveted pin, b, in such manner that one piece may be made capable of pivoting onto the otherat this joint. The socketcatch a of the head of the lever L, that is pivoted onto the socket by a pin, p, and kept in place by a spring, r. The jaw-piece J K consists of a jaw, J, provided with shears, i 9'., of circular form, tol coincide with the shape of the neck N, which is fitted in between them, and they are provided also with several teeth,

t t t, so arranged that the catch a of this lever" .L may be adjusted to any opposite and correy spending two of them at the same time that i-t is adjusted to the notch c of the socket-neck N. By this arrangement it is obvious that', by the proper handling of thelever L, either the socket or jaw-piece may be set at such angle to 011e another asthe number of teeth t t t will'admit of such arc being described on the pivot-pin b. The jaw-piece J terminates in a tapered spindle, K, the end ot'` which is threaded, so as to receive a set-nut, s, which, by a washer, w, sets the brush D P. A tapered socket, B, which may be either of metal or wood,covers this spindle K,so that this set-nut s may tighten up this brush onto this socket by fitting it to the hole provided in the wood-work therefor, and as this socket B is tapered, and the spindle K is also tapered, a little adjustment of this set-nut s makes a tight tit between the brush D P and socket B, as also between the spindle `K and socket' B. When this set-nut sis slightly loosened, the brush D P can be set at .any angle with the handle in that particular plane, and when tightened, it can, by means ot' Athe adjustinglever and teeth, c t t t, be set at various angles with thedirection of the handle, so that the relative positions of the brush with its handle, by combining these movements through thisattachmenn may be made almost universal. y

The arrangement ot the covering-socket B is intended to meet the requirements of brushes already in general use, but for brushes made expressly for this attachment the tapered splindle K Will be sulicent forl all purposes, and would be preferable. inasmuch as the holes made in the Wood-Work of the top of the brush are liable to cause the parts to become weak .at those places and readily broken oft'.

I claim' as my invention- 1. The brush attachment described, consisting of the notched socket S N c, fitted with 2 was@ nut s, and washer w, constructed and arranged as shown and set forth.4

2. The adjustable tapered socket B, in combination with the brush D P and jaw-piece J provided with tapered threaded spindle K, set-nut s, and washer w, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and specified.

HENRY ANDERSON.l Witnesses:

ALFRED C. CRANE, LIONEL VARIGAS. 

